ATLANTA, GA - September 2, 2008 – Red Bull Wake Lab marks the next generation of wakeboarding and will break the boundaries of the sport. On Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Lake Eola, in the heart of downtown Orlando, a revolutionary cable system and “wakepark” will become the newest playground for wakeboarding’s top riders. Set within the crown jewel of downtown, Red Bull Wake Lab’s course elements include an elevated pool, hand rails and sliders inspired by skate and snow parks.

THE TEST SUBJECTS Parks Bonifay, X Games Gold medalist and five-time Pro Tour Champion, hand-selected 24 wakeboarders to compete in this innovative new format. Twelve wakeboarders will vie for eight spots in the semifinals, while a select 12, which includes Red Bull athletes JD Webb, Adam Errington, Josh Sanders and Parks will automatically advance to the semifinals.

One athlete might have a slight advantage over the other competitors. In 2006, JD Webb sailed more than 70 feet, ramp to ramp, over Lake Eola’s signature fountain which stands 30 feet high. The feat aired on Discovery Channel’s “Stunt Junkies” and earned him a place in the record books and a key to the city.

THE CATALYST In order to evolve the sport and create new experiences for riders, a new technology needed to be introduced to test the theory of Red Bull Wake Lab. The catalyst for this event came to fruition with The Wake Park Project and Sesitec’s cable system technology with portability to create the System 2.0. This straight-line cable system is the only one in the market that provides a continuous ride and will make its US competition debut at Red Bull Wake Lab.

Qualifying rounds start at 4:00 pm with the main event kicking off at 7:30 pm with a session by DJ Swamp. No tickets required - this is a free event to the public. For media inquires, contact Lisa Beachy at (404) 434-5636 or lisa.beachy@us.redbull.com. For complimentary images post event visit www.redbull-photofiles.com

jon4pres - The Sesitec cable system is a new straight line cable design that can be set up at each end of a small lake. The cable then can be ridden continuously back and forth until the rider falls.

This is a high level explanation from what I have been told by one of the guys who works with the German company who invented it. I am no expert and hope I explained it correctly (sorry if not). It’s also featured in a recent wakeboarding mag edition.

It will change rail contests moving forward big time. Think of the downtime we see today due to the winch having to be carried back after each run...with this new system you can hit rails nonstop all day long! How cool is that...

jon4pres - The Sesitec cable system is a new straight line cable design that can be set up at each end of a small lake. The cable then can be ridden continuously back and forth until the rider falls.

This is a high level explanation from what I have been told by one of the guys who works with the German company who invented it. I am no expert and hope I explained it correctly (sorry if not). It’s also featured in a recent wakeboarding mag edition.

It will change rail contests moving forward big time. Think of the downtime we see today due to the winch having to be carried back after each run...with this new system you can hit rails nonstop all day long! How cool is that...

They basically set up two temporary towers at each end, the rider takes up hits the rail, when its almost at the end it just simply revereses itself so the rides just needs to take a big wide cut at the end so he can turn around and voila!

What Im curious about is, that area looks much wider than what was setup at wakestock, so unless the sesitec wire is higher up in the air then it was at wakestock and the rope handle is longer it would makes sense, but not sure how they will cover all that area on one strait line

How much do these systems run? I have a pond with some sweet rails that I would be interested in setting one up in.. MY pass is about 1000 ft and walking the winch rope back gets old real fast!! I wonder if that would be too long for it?

Sunday morning I went back to Surf Expo to talk to the people at the Sesitec booth. They said if I had more questions, there would be someone at the Red Bull sight. When I got there, Rusty, Shaun Murrey, Shawn Watson, Dallas and a few others were spending more time on it. The whole thing is pretty simple. The motor runs off of 220VAC three phase. They had a diesle powered generator supplying power. There is a small control box with a few special function buttons and a control knob for speed. I was told that the production version would have a display and some other features. It was pretty cool watching these guys go at it with no one else around!